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Issue 75 of the peoples Fanzine.... Soul Up North... Out now.. £3 plus £1.50 postage... 5 euros to Europe.. Back issues of No74 available... drop us a message if you need a copy.... paypal stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk Some of the content in this 50 page fanzine... 1) A PALE GREEN COVER WITH A PICTURE OF A YOUNG 'WILLIE WEST' AND SOME LABEL SCANS 2) PART ONE OF WILLIE WEST STORY (DAN PHILLIPS) 3) MATT LUCAS (via COLIN WOOD) 4) CONFESSIONS OF A VINYL JUNKIE pt3 (SOULMANJAN) 5) BLOOD, SWEAT & STAPLES pt2 - NITE LIFE (MARTIN SCRAGG) 6) TRIBUTES TO ETTA JAMES (RANDY LEWIS) & GRAHAM SLATER (MARTIN CHIPPENDALE) 7) VENUE REPORTS including THAILAND 😎 FUNK IN YO' FACE civil rights, black power &the sound of funk (HOWARD PRIESTLEY) 9) LOADS OF VINYL REVIEWS AS ALWAYS (DAVE HALSALL, WAYNE HUDSON, CHRIS 'BEARSOUL'MORGAN, CRAIG BUTLER, STEVE PLUMB, LORD SNOOTY,MARTYN BIRD, DARYL SCOTT,STEVE COPEMAN, MARK RANDALL & MIKE FINBOW) COVERING ALL TEMPO'S AND SHADES OF SOUL 9) LITTLE SILVER DISCS & HOT OF THE VINYL PRESS - NEW CD AND VINYL RELEASES REVIEWED (HFE) 10) HAPPY 75 BIRTHDAY SUN (SHIRLEY WOOD) ... AND A FEW OTHER LITTLE THINGS TO FILL UP UP THIS 50 PAGE EXTRAVIGANZA!!!!

At last the overdue Soul Up North issue 74.... The Rare Soul Fanzine is out now.... £3 plus £1.40 postage uk.... 5 euros Europe.. 6 dollars USA plus postage.. If you want a copy thendrop me a message on here or email stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk... paypal available.... Message below from Howard Earnshaw, the editor.. Luverly yellow cover with picture of Darrow Fletcher and several of his label scans (well I think it looks the business) Inside there's a great article and interview with the aforementioned Mr Fletcher + discography (Dave Box) * PLUS "Confessions Of A Vinyl Junkie - pt2' record buying in Georgia USA (SoulmanJan) * PLUS "Blood, Sweat & Staples" - The story of Dave McCadden's early fanzine Soul Time (Martin Scragg) * PLUS 'A tribute to Dobie Gray' ...and of course all the regular vinyl contributors covering all Shades of Soul are here... -"Hitting The Decks" - Wayne Hudson * "A Dab Of Soul With A Hint Of Obscurity" - Craig Butler * "Twofer Time" -Martyn Bird * "Bearsoul's B's - Chris Morgan * "Deep Soul Corner" - Mike Finbow * "Good Toons & Great Grooves" - Dave Halsall * "Plumb's Peaches-70's Soul" - Steve Plumb * "Collecting British" - Lord Snooty & His Gang * Steve Copeman reaches his penultimate letter with "Give Me A W" Not forgetting....."Shirl's Soulfood Cafe" is back and open for business looking back at all the happenings of 2011 and all the best new vinyl and CD's are reviewed on "Hot Off The Vinyl Press" and "Those Little Silver Discs" and finally there's Howard Priestley's "Funk In Yo Face"... Oh and a few Venue reports from Andy Belwood.

Latest issue of the "The Peoples Fanzine" out now.... WHAT'S IN ISSUE 73 COVER PHOTO THE LARKS SOUL UP NORTH COLLECTOR'S CD Lonely People Can Afford To Cry - Compiled by Craig Butler USA - A BAKER'S DOZEN OF SOUL SIDES by Hasse Huss THE STORY OF SAMMY & THE DEL-LARKS Part 2 Charlie Horner with contributions from Pamela Horner WESTERN SOUL - COWBOYS (NO INDIANS) A QUEST CALLED TRIBE - FOUR BABARA LYNN SINGLES Martin Scragg treats us to two articles this issue SWINGING R&B Derek See reviws raw R&B THE MEN BEHIND HARTHON RECORDS Soulmanjan's interview with the main men behind Harthon A-Z OF SOUL - Give me a 'V' Steve Copeman continues his label reviews - this time its a 'V' TWOFER TIME!! Hull's Martyn Bird continues his reviews of double siders PETE 'SPOT' BOTTOMLEY'S VENUE REVIEWS Those of you that know Spot's reviews know they are a must read Plus all the usual great regular pages Dave Halsall's "Good Toons & Great Grooves", Howard Priestley's "Funk in Yo' Face", Mark Randall's "Modern Musings", Wayne Hudson "Hitting the Decks", Mike Finbow's "Deep Soul Corner", Craig Butler's "Touch Of Early and RnB Obscurity", Pete "Spot" Bottomley's venue reviews, Howard E's "Hot Off The Vinyl Press" and "Those Little Silver Discs" CD reviews £3 plus £1.30 postage uk.. 5 euros to Europe... Email.. stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk Paypal available

New Issue of Soul Up North fanzine out now WHAT'S IN ISSUE 72 COVER PHOTO THE DEL-LARKS SOUL UP NORTH COLLECTOR'S CD Evil Eye - Compiled by Garry THE STORY OF SAMMY & THE DEL-LARKS Charlie Horner with contributions from Pamela Horner HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN - THE END OF END Martin Scragg reviews this once great label COMPLETE MYTHOLOGY - SYL JOHNSON BOX SET Derek See reviws the above box set TWO SPECIAL WEEKENDER REPORTS Chris Lalor looks back at Cleethorpes Geoff Green does the same for Bridlington SOUL UP STATES - CONFESSIONS OF A VINYL JUNKIE Part 1 of Soulmanjan's soulful memoirs TRUE SOUL RECORDS - (FUNKY MUSIC REISSUED) George Mahood continues his "funky stuff" TWOFER TIME!! Hull's Martyn Bird continues his reviews of double siders Plus all the usual great regular pages Dave Halsall's "Good Toons & Great Grooves", Howard Priestley's "Funk in Yo' Face", Mark Randall's "Modern Musings", Wayne Hudson "Hitting the Decks", Mike Finbow's "Deep Soul Corner", Craig Butler's "Touch Of Early and RnB Obscurity", Pete "Spot" Bottomley's venue reviews, Howard E's "Hot Off The Vinyl Press" and "Those Little Silver Discs" CD reviews £3 plus £1.50 postage.... drop us a line/pm if you want a copy...

WHAT'S IN ISSUE 71 COVER PHOTO CLARENCE REID & BETTY WRIGHT SOUL UP NORTH COLLECTOR'S CD Old York Soul - Compiled by Trevor Hare TRYING HARD TO KEEP THE FAITH - US SOUL NIGHTS Derek See gives us an insight into the US soul night scene MUSIC WORLD Hasse Huss reviews this New York label ALAIMO IN THE AFTERNOON Soulmanjan interviews soul legend Steve Alaimo SHIRL'S SOUL FOOD CAFE Shirley Wood returns with her delicious vinyl reviews FUNK IN THE UK CLUB SCENE George Mahood gives us an insight into the Manchester rare soul scene.. TWOFER TIME!! Hull's Martyn Bird continues his reviews of double siders Plus all the usual great regular pages Dave Halsall's "Good Toons & Great Grooves", Howard Priestley's "Funk in Yo' Face", Mark Randall's "Modern Musings", Wayne Hudson "Hitting the Decks", Mike Finbow's "Deep Soul Corner", Craig Butler's "Touch Of Early and RnB Obscurity", Pete "Spot" Bottomley's venue reviews, Howard E's "Hot Off The Vinyl Press" and "Those Little Silver Discs" CD reviews £3 PLUS £1.30 POSTAGE... paypal available.... drop us line if you want a copy.. stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk paypal to email above.. Use the gift option if funds in paypal ( uk ), others wise add 40p for fees.. Also available if you see me out and about... cheers Steve

Part 2 of Europe and beyond.. The rare soul scene guide to whats on over the water.. Oslo Soul Experience Paid this place a visit in for the anniversary a few years back, another great time in a fantastic rooftop venue that overlooks the city, this venue is used for the Anniversary events.. A good mixed younger crowd, and a very healthy mix of sounds from 60s northern to modern soul.. The other guests on the night were James Trouble, Ian Wright and Marco, all gave the place a glowing report.. A quality overseas soul experience for me.. Feel free to add to this post if you have any experience of the event or need some info on events coming up/ travel details and places to stay... A brief guide to the Oslo soul experience from Tommy........ "Oslo Soul Experience was launched august 2003 and it's a monthly across the board soul club held in the basement pub of John Dee. Their goal is to serve up the very best in forgotten quality black soul music from the 60s, 70s and early 80s -Northern, crossover, modern, latin soul and funk. The guys behid the club is; Tommy SÃÆ’¸vik, GÃÆ’¸ran Sofienlund and BjÃÆ’¸rn Espen, all of them deep into collecting rare stuff on the 7inch format. The club has had a lot of guest Djs over the years where some of the «bigger» names was Ian Wright, Butch, Mick H, Marc Forrest and Matt Winegarden". Next dates on the regular nights in 2011..... 30th. of April, 28th. of May and 18th of June. The weekender where they celebrate the 8th anniversary is 2nd. and 3rd. of September, special guest DJ to be confirmed.. Oslo Soul Experience - The two years anniversary party - 2006 Plays and link to Oslo Soul Experience Radio Show from Jan 201 Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum And Durr A World Without YouBuy 1 Neil Reed Not As Beautiful As You 2 June Conquest What's This I See 3 Ascotts Grave Yard Creep 4 Hiram And Direct Love Flight 5 M.J. Wade I`M Gonna Ball Baby 6 Sterling Harrison Back Tracking 7 The Innersection I'M In Debt To You 8 Personal Touch It Aint No Big Thing 9 Voices Of East Harlem Wanted Dead Or Alive 10 Dee Dee Gartrell I Must Be Doing Something Right 11 Alvin Cash & The Registers Stone Thing 12 Archie Bell & The Drells When You Left Heartache Began 13 Joe Bataan Young Gifted And Brown 14 Bobby Valentin GeronimoBuy 15 Berry & Norman I'M With You All The Way 16 Sam Dees Lonely For You Baby 17 Billy Byrd Lost In The Crowd 18 The Grey Imprint Do You Get The Message 19 Cynthia & The Imaginations Love Is Real 20 Capitols Don't Say Maybe Baby 21 Fascinations I'M In Love 22 Josephine Taylor Ordinary Guy 23 Eastside Connection You're So Right For Me 24 Brenton Wood Better Believe It 25 Al Williams The Other Side Of Your Love 26 Skip Jackson Promise That You'll Wait http://www.mixcloud..../radio-show-15/

Been wanting to feature whats on overseas for a long while.. Seems a good time now with Dave doing the overseas events guide.. I am gonna feature soul clubs and history from all over Europe and beyond... First up is the Gothenborg Soul Scene.. A brief history and what's on now from Punky who runs the Soulastatic club... Had the pleasure to go there and play in the past and in the future August event too I hope.. These articles can give an insight to whats on and a chance for some to plans breaks, holidays and take in some soul at the same time.. Europe And Beyond.. Gothenburg soul scene There was some scooter nights in the 80´s playing the soul/ska mix, but at that time funk was really big in Gothenburg (slipping in some soul as well) with clubs like Funk House, Funk nights at Huset and Nefertiti. In late 80´s early nineties Max Hansson, Paul Henningson and Sven Eric started the legendary Earland Club for a couple of years mixing all types of Soul with the then very popular Acid Jazz sounds. Then it was quiet for a while except for the odd mod/scooter night. Neftertiti kept on mixing Club Soul/Funk/Jazz through out the nineties. In feb 1998 Christian Punky and Isse Samie started northern club: Soulastatic Soul Club. Packed from first night, plaing Northern and after a few years adding some Modern Soul as well. Many djs that have been guesting the club over the years : Arthur Fenn, Ady Croasdel, Steve Cato, Carl Willingham, Ginger Taylor, Ralph Tee, Liam Quinn, Terry Davis, Kenny Burrell, Yann Vatiste, Marc Forrest, Tommy (Oslo), Phil Shields, Andy Whitmore, Andreas Dienel, Stuart Tyler, Max Soulservice (resident), Tolgerdt, Russel Paine and LOTS more,the list is long + swede soul mafia like Soulof, Baum, Helena, Marcus, Karl Marthon.. 2 weekenders a year (summer & winter), the club is still running (nowdays by Punky alone) and just celebrated its 13th year. Around year 2000 Christian Hermansson and Ludwig Hall started the On The Real Side Soul Club, and after a while Olof "Soulof" Hjort joined in. Mainly Northern spun, also having uk Dj guests like Dave Flynn, Willingham, Andy Dyson, Butch spinning + swede soul mafia. They also put on 2 very well attended Allnighters named Soul Unity 1 and 2 over the years, club ended around 2007/2008 (if im not wrong). 2009 Fredrik Andersson and Micke Balkefors launched the monthly mid-week nights, Soulful Lounge. Playing an ecclectic mix of modern and jazzy tunes. Still running. 2010 Great Shakes club started by Monourban. Once a month, mixing 6t´s soul with beat/garage. Still running. 2010 Ludwig Hall teamed up with BjÃÆ’¶rn and Magnus Hjorth to form Pied Piper Soul Club, monthly nights with Northern/Modern in its pipe, mainly swede guest Djs this far. In August 2011 Soulastatic Soul Club will run its annual summer nighters (5-6th of august) weekend. Djs Arthur Fenn and hopefully Steve Cato + more TBA Christian March 8, 2011 some past pics from the gallery more can be found here

New issue No 70 of Soul Up North out now... £3 plus £1.20 postage... paypal available... Drop me a line if you want a copy.. cheers Steve added by site WHAT'S IN ISSUE 70 COVER PHOTO TONY DRAKE & JOHNNY MOORE SOUL UP NORTH COLLECTOR'S CD DOWN IN THE BASEMENT - COMPILED BY CRAIG BUTLER THE BIG ONE Gilly continues his memoirs of his trips to Detroit with part two of his 1990 venture with Andy "Tats" Taylor THE WHITE STUFF - GREAT COVERS OF SOUL CLASSICS A look at blue eyed covers of soul classics by Derek See TONY DRAKE Spotlight on this unsung hero of RnB by Colton Thomas UK SOUL EP's Stuart Drake gives us a run down on some rare UK vinyl FUNK IN THE UK CLUB SCENE George Mahood gives us an insight into the UK funk scene JOHNNY MOORE - OF HOPES AND DREAMS AND TOMBSTONES Dave & Val Box give us a fascinating insight into the career of their good friend Johnny Moore TWOFER TIME!! Martyn Bird from Hull gives us a review of double siders SOUL UP STATES New to Soul Up North is SoulManJan of Miami introduces himself with a great read - looking forward to more from the Florida soul man Plus all the usual great regular pages Dave Halsall's "Good Toons & Great Grooves", Howard Priestley's "Funk in Yo' Face", Mark Randall's "Modern Musings", Wayne Hudson "Hitting the Decks", Mike Finbow's "Deep Soul Corner", Craig Butler's "Touch Of Early and RnB Obscurity", 'Bearsoul's B Sides', Howard E's "Hot Off The Vinyl Press" and "Those Little Silver Discs" CD reviews

Soul Up North The Summer Issue 68 out now.... (out last month actually but recent technical soul source fun and games means this shout was delayed) The peoples fanzine...£3 plus £1 postage.... Highlights include An interview with 'Sigidi' - Songwriter, producer & Arranger. (Marva Holiday) You Can't Outsmart A Woman - The Kell Osborne Story (Chalky) Funk in Yo' Face - Gary Shider (H. Priestley) Gilly's Second Road trip To Detroit (Gilly) LOADS OF VINYL REVIEWS - Rare & RnB (C. Butler) Northerrn Soul (W. Hudson) Good Toons etc (D. Halsall) Ato Z of Soul (S. Copeman) Deep Soul ( M.Finbow) Collecting British (Lorn Snooty & His Gang) BearSouls B's (Bearsoul) North "Calfornia" Soul (D.See) LP's are OK Too (D.Scott) Plumbs Peaches '70's Soul (S.Plumb) Mark Randal's "Moderm Musings". Along with all the latest CD offerings in the "Little Silver Discs" section and the latest 7" releases in "Hot Of The Vinyl Presses Not forgetting "Spot On" Spot's great venue reports and a few other snippets... 50 pages of soul music for the fans contact details pm via author info - look right email stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk paypal available..

Soul Up North Latest Issue 66 Out Now Included in this 50 page bonanza is... An interview with northern soul heroine "TAMIKO JONES" (who also appears on the stunning cover) and full discography. A great article on West Indian soulman - "Jackie Opel" courtesy of Greg Burgess and there's the first part of 'Gilly's First Trip To Detroit' - a fascinating insight. A bit of funk from Howard P. with a feature on the group 'Mandrill' and Part 4 of Hasse Huss's great "On The Rare Side Of Girl Group Soul. Plus all the usual great regular pages from Shane Cox (Chicago Soul), Dave Halsall's 'Good Toons & Great Grooves', Mark Randall's 'Modern Musings', Wayne Hudson (Hitting The Decks), Steve Plumbs (Peaches)- 70's Soul, Mike Finbow's 'Deep Soul Corner', Craig Butler's, 'Touch Of Obscurity', Steve Copeman moves onto the letter O with 'Give me an "O". and of course 'Bearsoul's B Sides'... to complete the vinyl line up there's Howard E's "Hot Off The Vinyl Press" (a run down of the essential new 7" releases) To complete this run down don't forget 'Spot's' Venue Reports, The Soul Up North 'Nighter Planner' and 'Those Little Silver Discs' (CD reports) add a few additional items and that's your lot for this cram packed edition... It's a must buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cover price £3.00 (5 Euro / 6 Dollar) postage £1... contact via soul source pms little-stevie or email stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk

Forum pass on: Marlena Shaw in Manchester this March Just got tickets to see this lady.. The Band on the wall is a fantastic live music venue thats been closed for a good while and now is back after a massive facelift... Details below for any others who could want to see her live... Marlena Shaw.. Live at Band on the wall.. Swan St Manchester.. Sat 20th March 2010 – Doors open: 8pm.. Tickets £20 http://bandonthewall.org/events/2649/ One of the great singers from the 60's glory days of jazz, R&B, gospel and soul performs live at Band on the Wall! Considered a national treasure in the USA, Marlena Shaw's 40-year career reads like a who's who's of music having fronted or played with, amongst others, Count Basie, Ray Brown, Sammy Davis Jnr, Benny Carter, Joe Williams and Frank Foster. She produced or sung on some of the era's best know hits and was also the first woman vocalist to be signed to Blue Note. With a later, highly successful foray into disco with the massive hit Touch Me In The Morning, her legacy continues as new-found fans with artists in the rap, dance and hip hop genres such as DJ Shadow, Diplo, Faze Action and St Germain sampling her work. Expect a night featuring some of her greatest tunes such as California Soul, Mercy Mercy Mercy, Woman Of The Ghetto, Liberation Conversation, Touch Me In The Morning and many more. For a magical evening in the company of a music legend advance booking is strongly recommended. This concert will begin at 8.30pm.

Soul Up North - The Rare Soul Northern Fanzine -65 Out Now IN THIS SUPER AUTUMN ISSUE WE HAVE THESE EXCELLENT FEATURES COVER PHOTO - THE RASCALS WITH MARVA HOLIDAY MARVA HOLIDAY GIVES US AN IN-DEPTH ARTICLE ON THE RASCALS SOUL TRAIN THE AMERICAN TV SHOW PART TWO BY JAKE AUSTEN (THANKS TO DAVE RIMMER) HASSE HUSS CONTINUES WITH PART THREE OF ON THE RARE SIDE OF GIRL GROUP SOUL Plus our regular contributors share their vast knowledge and views on our varied scene covering all musical genres, vinyl and CD reviews and venue reports Howard Earnshaw, Dave Halsall, Chris 'Bearsoul' Morgan, Mark Randle, Wayne Hudson, Shirley Wood, Howard Priestley, Craig Butler, Pete 'Spot' Bottomley, Steve Plumb, Steve Copeman, Mike Finbow and a Feet To The Beat special by Chris Lalor Interviews and special features Plus all the usual features on: Northern Soul Rare Soul Modern Soul/ 70s.. R n B Deep Soul Funk Venue Reports Nighter Planner CD reviews and much much more! ISSUE 65 £3 plus £1 postage.. back issues available stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk or please pm me on here.. https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?/user/1203-little-stevie/

Soul Up North Issue 63 The peoples fanzine... A LITTLE LOOK AT WHATS INSIDE BELOW... A touch of early soul / RnB with Craig Butler Good tunes and great grooves.. Dave Halsall Peacock Records discography... Dave Rimmer Bearsouls B-Sides... Steve Plumbs Peaches.. 70s soul.. Chicago soul.. Shane Cox Modern Musings.. Mark Randle Hitting the decks... Wayne Hudson.. Funk in yo face.. Mother funk... Howard Priestly Those little silver discs.. Cd review .. Howard Earnshaw... Robert Ward obituary... Vincent Ford.. On the rare side of girl group soul... Hasse Huss .. Shirls soul food cafe...Shirley Stewarts.. Venue reports... Soul Up North...All niter planner... Deep soul corner... Mike Finbow A to Z of soul.. K... Hot off the press.. New release soul Drop me a line if you want a copy... £3 plus £1 postage.. paypal available... cheers Little Stevie can pm or email via link below https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?showuser=1203

SOUL UP NORTH # 61 is now available This issue features articles and interviews concerning Detroit bassist Ron Brown (one of our unknown musical heroes).. Angela Lewis Brown (the new hot soul singing sensation from West Yorkshire, England), The Falcons, Timi Yuro, The Impressions, Buddy Lamp and Isaac Hayes, along loads of vinyl reviews - Rare, Northern, Modern, R&B, and the third part of The soul of Florida. Tributes to Pervis Jackson (Detroit Spinners), Jerry Wexler (Atlantic Records), Norman Whifield (Motown) and Gilbert Moorer (Esquires) loads of new CD's reviewed along with the hot new 7" releases from Kent, Jazzman & Realside. All crammed into 52 pages and still costing a measly £3.00 (plus 50p P&P) ordering details from.. Plus a new feature from the Bearsoul with his tasty b-side reviews... Email me at stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk if you want a copy or any more details

Visit last year was one of the highlights to me of 2007 so fully wound up for this weekends event . Here's a quick word from Little Stevie on tickets Advance tickets for the Soul Revolution can be bought from the website...www.soulrevolution.co.uk.. If you are joined up on facebook then James is giving tickets for the price of one for this Friday.. The other date for your diary is our annivesary on the 16th Sept, a 3 room special...Hope to have the all niter licence for this event, lots making it a weekend in London with the 100 club all niter on the Saturday.. FRIDAY 18TH July.. We have two rooms of black soul heaven In the downstairs dancehall.. Northern and rare soul.. James Trouble...Va Palmerl..Mick H..Karl fortnum In the upstairs room its soul Or Nothing.. its ghetto grooves all the way.. 60s/70s Underplayed northern.. Crossover..Big beat ballads.. Jamaican soul....Rnb and more... djs.. Steve Scordas..Simon Bridger..Mike Hughes..French Fred..Steve Cato http://www.soulrevolution.co.uk/

Just back home after the trip to London..Time for a good rest.. The night was what New Year should be...To spend time with freinds..Listen to the music you love and meet new folk with the same passion...Plus have a safe,warm and comfy venue.. Va Va Voom - New Years Eve All Nighter Lookback Got to the venue for about 9.30..Free parking right outside the door and nice folk on the door to answer any questions...Walked into the venue,reall nice ground floor with large enough bar,seating and dancefloor area..Walked upstairs to the northern room,smaller room,very smart with a dancefloor and djs down the bottom end...As the night really got going the upstairs room was very very busy with limited space to dance,many of the punters took the upstairs option..Nowt wrong with that really and they all spread out during the night...The crowd was 95% soulies from the uk and many from Europe too..A few strays too but that makes a party.. I knew the dj line up was strong before i bought my ticket...Quality djs/tunes on both floors from the start with no drop in standard to the end...Can't really pick between the djs,there was plenty tunes up my street from all...Loved the intimate feel upstairs,you could sit next to the djs,always good for checking tunes and having a chat with them,they don't give you the i am a dj so fu£k off look ,we all need each other to make a night.. Always good to see old freinds like Gareth,Nick,Hanna,Gina,Andy,Olof,Paul,Ady and met many new folk too..Nice to see people like French Fred,making the trip along with others from Japan,Italy,Sweden,Spain..Also Miles/Stuart T and few more members off here.. I like the music policy at Va Va Voom with the leaning to the rare side but not afraid to drop some classics in there too....It was about quality and not cost ,as Steve said cheapies played next to some very rare tunes indeed,a real mix of styles,Nothing on the flyer or dj line up to tell the punter any different. Top marks to Ady and Yan,it was a big gamble with other soul events in London but they seem to have a loyal hardcore who all help to spread the word and help promote the night,all nights need that kind of help..They wanted a rare soul night for people who live and breath it..Not fussed about making any cash as long as the club fee/djs and other costs where tucked away..when we count up the hours that go into putting on an event like this,you can see that it aint about the cash,they could have sold many more tickets to last minute punters phoning and looking for a late drinking option..They wanted to keep the space for a soul crowd.. Never easy to please all but i think most who came here knew what to expect,it was never gonna be a classic oldies soul night,that would have needed a bigger place and bigger dance floor..It was a night for quality rare tested tunes alongside tunes that had many coming to ask at the decks.. Beer was not marked up for New Year,pretty good for London prices, a decent cloak room,chill out area and good toilets.. The room upstairs was a little packed at times and fighting for space on the dancefloor but it did not take away from a really good way to see in the new year..I would jump at the chance of another helping of Va Va Voom... I speak as i see it..I am a punter and not some person with a vested interest in the night who would say nothing against a venue,we see too many reviews like that already .......I aint a mug,i paid my cash, 9 hours round trip and trusted Va Va Voom to deliver,they did that for me and my freinds..If there is a Va Va Voom next year then i would be looking to do the same again... We also took an American guy to Va Va Voom,his first ever day in England and never been to a northern night before,he was still there at the end and walked back to the tube with other punters,he loved the music,the people and the venue,so glad as it can be hell to have folk with you who aint having a good time and you are having a ball..Nice one Marvin,i think you have made some new friends already and will be back for some more next week.. All the best to you all for 2007..Keep it real and don't suffer fools for a second

Cool Off Presents Soul Or Nothing.... 8 hour special Saturday 26th November.... 7pm to 3am... 8 Top of The Tree Djs 14 Lloyd Street Off Deansgate/Albert Square, Manchester read more for full dj info and some important news on Soul Or Nothing The next event at Loyd Street could be the last,the place is up for sale and no feedback on new owners etc... We shall see.. If its the last event at this place then we shall go out in style... My special guest was gonna be Keith Money but sadly he had work rota changed and will not be available... Not to worry we have a great line up for an 8 hours of rare soul.. My special guest is Christian H from the real side soul club in Sweden,Olof and the gang will be over to support him also.... Also we have Ady Lupton from the Capital soul club etc in London and Dukester for the first time.. Making a return is Gareth x and Lisa Hurley from the London soul scene alongside Matt Bolton, Paul Sadot and Ged Parker(if he can get away from his deckchair job on Blackpool beach)... Its also part of the wedding celebration for Reg and Richard from soul source..It all makes for a great night.. Look forward to seeing old faces and new ones too... Send me details for membership to make sure you get in,its gonna be very busy and we aim to keep out strays and drunks but the Sheffield boys will be ok.. Send name,address,email,mobile and we can sort out the membership cards.. If its the last event here then we will be back in the new year with another venue..Its been a great few months with quality music,djs and punters.. We are always looking for different sounds to keep things fresh alongside quality under played stuff.. Thanks to everyone who made it all possible,you know who you are. Details below.. DJs for night: NOVEMBER LINE UP GARETH X - (GEORGE JACKSON,London) PAUL SADOT - (Lifeline dj) ADY LUPTON - (London soul scene) LISA HURLEY - (London soul scene) CHRISTIAN H - (ON THE REAL SIDE SOUL CLUB&SWEDEN'S MOST WANTED) MATT BOLTON - (Move on up,Leeds) GED PARKER ...(BLACKPOOL soul scene)) DUKESTER (Huddersfield) Venue..... 14 Lloyd Street.... Off Deansgate/Albert Square, Manchester 70s style space age club with great wooden dancefloor.. Chill out room and fantastic sound quality £5 members and £6 others.... Info stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk soulornothing@hotmail.co.uk or Steve 07752 084878 Website..http://www.cooloff.net

Soul Or Nothing details for the next one Things are really picking up now and we are back with a great little line up..We have another great line up and the launch of the a new venue for New Century just one mile down the road...That make for a really full evening and a long night..Give me a shout you need directions,hotels info,parking etc and i look forward to to another quality night... Cool Off Presents…. Soul Or Nothing…… Sat..27th August… John May John Elias Jumpin Joan Mike Hughes Ann Andrews Chris Gwatkin Style……. 60s/70… Northern soul… Crossover..Beat Ballads RnB… Venue….. 14 Loyd Street….Off Deansgate/Albert Square, Manchester 70s style space age club with great wooden dancefloor.. £3 members and £4 others…. Info….email stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk..07752084878 Website..www.cooloff.net/www.soul-source.co.uk Other dates.. Sat 10th Sept.. Sat 8th Oct……Sat 26th November